Flynn 11 y/o Foxie Cross - Right adrenalectomy- Good Bye Flynny We will miss you

Oh Trish, I am so sorry to read of all the news of mom and glad it seems to be not the serious heart problem. So much to take care of and still work. I know how hard that is so I hope your employer stays understanding.

Sorry to hear about Fynn having an allergy flare. and his IBD acting up a bit. Thank goodness you have Dr Mike. I trust he will get things right along with your input. He has been so great.

Hugs sweetie and I hope your week calms down a bit.

Love you

I'm so glad that mom has recovered! Nor for poor Flynn to take her cue. Hugs.

Hey you,

So glad that mum is out of the hospital and seems to be doing well. Pants to your dad,s tooth not being fixed till Friday :mad:

Mike is right you do have enough on your plate with your mum and dad, I hope that the new meds work quickly. When Bruno,s skin played up I used Salmon and Potato diet, you can buy it in kibble form not sure you get it over there, it was really good, it helped the itchy skin but not his IBD so we had to change. It is a big vicious circle settle the tummy and the skin flares up and vice versa. I don,t envy you I went through it for 6 yrs with Bruno. :eek:

Thanks Addy, Valerie and Tracy!

Well fingers crossed he seems to be itching less already, I saw a fairly formed poop this morning too. I wish things were just normal and he could settle down. He had a good sleep, the night before we slept over with Dad and he was up and down scratching plus Elle was in and out yowling, no doubt missing Mum who she adores more than anyone! I am not sure whether I should keep the Previcox going now he is on Pred, so I have whipped off a quick note to Mike to ask and have held it meantime. I seem to remember an NSAID and steroid might not be the best thing to do.

Go Flynn that sounds better, almost formed poops and less itchy. Poor Elle cat missing mum. Good idea to hold off until Dr Mike gets back to you, won,t hurt.

Are you going to take the rest of the week off as well, just so you can recover from all this as well :p

So happy to hear that you mom is out of the hospital and this isn't the life threatening kind of thing. Although hope it settles or they get her on a med that will prevent and of these episodes in the future.

Your dad sounds like he is going to have a busy week too. So, tooth on Friday now?
Is that wound healing up this time?

Gads Flynn, itchy and tummy! Thank god for Dr. Mike, who seems to be very flexible in dealing with funky dog issues and adapting to home goings on too. Whew. He's a keeper. Can you box him up or a clone and ship to Canada?

Hope this salmon helps settle Flynn down.
Did Flynn have that last wart thing on his paw when he was having some itchy skin going on? I wonder if allergies might be the root cause and then him messing with it, gets it infected.

Hope this week flies by and next one is calmer.
hugs
sharlene and molly muffin

hey Trish, I know I could not use steriods with Metacam but not sure if that was for all nsaid's though.

I'm so happy to hear it was not a dangerous issue, what a relief! I hope you can find the source of Flynns' itching and the new diet helps him.
Hugs!

Thanks Sharlene, Addy and Vicki

Addy, haven't heard back from Mike yet about that question so I am holding off Previcox for now. His paw is less red today!! I am looking at getting perhaps Orijen 6 fish biscuits for him to supplement his fish/quinoa diet. Hope he likes it but it has good reviews and it's Canadian Sharlene!

Sharlene I really think you could do vet school :D that is exactly what Mike said about allergies causing the paw problem. So hoping this diet change works again. It has in the past when he flares. We thought we could go back to venison but obviously not at this stage. So fish it is!

Dad's appointment went well, still oozing but if we can avoid it really flaring up again needing drainage then that would be good. They can go on like this forever which is a bugger, but probably better than doing the big surgery. Still a chance it can heal so for now we put up with the oozing, then deal with a flare up if it happens. Poor Dad is a bit nauseous with the ABs but ortho surgeon thinks getting the tooth out might help with that, so that is going ahead on Friday as planned. We have anti emetics and I am going to make sure he takes them regularly as he is a bit off and on with them. He has to be reassessed in ortho clinic in one week but I have to let surgeon know if I am concerned as he said he is about most days and will arrange to see him as I think needs it so nice to have that backup. I am doing the dressings myself, he has a negative pressure dressing on it called a PICO and it has a little battery operated pack that applies gentle suction to hopefully clear the wound out, they stay on a few days depending on drainage. I took his sutures out today myself, Dad was a little concerned haha... but they came out fine! I have all the supplies at their house, it was just easier to do it myself so I can keep an eye on things than have different District Nurses calling in. Control freak much?? Who me??..... :D

Previcox and prednisone should not be given together. This combination increases the danger of gastrointestinal ulceration and or bleeding.

Glad to hear that your Mum is home, and hope Flynn's itchiness goes away.

Hugs, Lori